ech wrote:

All my appointments from the past are gone! All I have are the past
two months, so all my medical, etc., history is gone. Where is the
setting for that and how could it have gotten changed. I've used
Outlook for many years and sync with a Blackberry now, previously a
Palm and my appointments always stayed forever.

Blackberries are known to remove older appointments by default. I don't use
a Blackberry, but 15 seconds with Google located this:
http://www.blackberry.com/btsc/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=KB14 214&sliceId=SAL_Public&dialogID=44820940&stateId=0 %200%2044818682
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]